“Our research into employees shows that where individuals feel they are under excessive monitoring or surveillance they tend to have a negative attitude towards their employer and are therefore less likely to be motivated and committed. Employers who consider introducing this need to think twice.”

To be honest, I would be looking for ways around it. If they are monitoring my freaken' heartrate via mouse or w/e I assure you I will have thick wool gloves on. If they ask "why do you have thick wool gloves on?" or "why are you so unproductive with those damn wool gloves?" well... I will let you decide what to say to that one

Companies already monitor everything you send... and scan emails and attachments. But hey, whoever said that a happy employee is a productive employee eh?

I just hope this won't give the more creative managers too many ideas. Imagine a world where Wal Mart employees are not just contractually required to smile but to be in a genuinely good mood all the time...

I just hope this won't give the more creative managers too many ideas. Imagine a world where Wal Mart employees are not just contractually required to smile but to be in a genuinely good mood all the time...

Are they contractually required to smile? Jez. I guess I really don't want to imagine the latter.

I just hope this won't give the more creative managers too many ideas. Imagine a world where Wal Mart employees are not just contractually required to smile but to be in a genuinely good mood all the time...

Are they contractually required to smile? Jez. I guess I really don't want to imagine the latter.

They are required to do their jobs. Their job is to make the customer happy. I would say yes, they should be required to smile. It isn't like they are going to cut off their genitals if they fail to smile....

If I were managing a Walmart and had a miserable (looking) employee walking around my store (after warning of course) he would either be reassigned to behind the scenes activities, or fired. If you can't even be pleasant when you work with customers, then you are not much of an asset to the company.

I just hope this won't give the more creative managers too many ideas. Imagine a world where Wal Mart employees are not just contractually required to smile but to be in a genuinely good mood all the time...

Are they contractually required to smile? Jez. I guess I really don't want to imagine the latter.

Safeway workers were, for about a month, until they got sued by the pretty cashiers that were getting constantly hit on for smiling.

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It's a bloody [b]Patent Application[/b] ... vaporware: does not exist.